56 But they put God to the test

and rebelled against the Most High;

they did not keep his statutes.

57 Like their ancestorso they were disloyal and faithless,

as unreliable as a faulty bow.p

58 They angered himq with their high places;r

they aroused his jealousy with their idols.s

59 When God heardt them, he was furious;u

he rejected Israelv completely.

60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,w

the tent he had set up among humans.x

61 He sent the ark of his mighty into captivity,z

his splendor into the hands of the enemy.

62 He gave his people over to the sword;a

he was furious with his inheritance.b

63 Fire consumedc their young men,

and their young women had no wedding songs;d

64 their priests were put to the sword,e

and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,f

as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.

66 He beat back his enemies;

he put them to everlasting shame.g

67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,

he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;h

68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,i

Mount Zion,j which he loved.

69 He built his sanctuaryk like the heights,

like the earth that he established forever.

70 He chose Davidl his servant

and took him from the sheep pens;

71 from tending the sheepm he brought him

to be the shepherdn of his people Jacob,

of Israel his inheritance.

72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;o

with skillful hands he led them.